Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South. This item is unavailable.Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South

This Handbook offers a comprehensive review of how, in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries, the links between rural and urban areas, people and enterprises are becoming increasingly intense and complex. With a focus on how rural-urban linkages are being shaped by the intersection of the local and the global, this Handbook illustrates how and where locally specific geographic, socio-economic and political contexts interact with global dynamics.

Focussing on how planning for socially and environmentally just urban transitions requires a better understanding of changing rural livelihoods, the Handbook explores: what drives migration and mobility; how emerging small towns and peri-urban areas develop, and how demand for food and natural resources evolves with urbanization. With chapters written by a diverse array of researchers, as well as practitioners in the field, this Handbook offers a wide range of perspectives on the topic.

The Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South will be of particular interest to academics specializing in human geography, development economics, development studies and sociology. Development practitioners will also benefit from a better understanding of how different contexts shape diverse trajectories.

Edited by Cecilia Tacoli, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK, Jytte Agergaard, Manja Hoppe Andreasen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Donald Brown,The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU),University College London, UK